■By NEALE HARVEY

In the title hunt: Ed Slater is driving Gloucester on

GLOUCESTER enforcer Ed Slater admits he is among the growing army of people who are increasingly bemused by England’s failure to embrace Danny Cipriani.
Cipriani, a leading contender to be crowned this season’s Premiership player-of-the-year, has been consistently outstanding for the West Country side and again unveiled his repertoire last weekend in their stunning comeback victory over Bath.
Yet, after being summoned back into the England fold against South Africa last summer, where his lone appeara...